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His left eye was lost as a result of the incident, and he now wears a prosthesis which is technically a glass eye. [2] His son Atandwa is also an actor, who made his debut on U.S. television on the CW series Life Is Wild, and played a younger version of Kani's character T'Chaka in Black Panther. [3]
TIL John Kani (King T'Chaka in Black Panther) lost his left eye during a beating by South African police after returning home from a Broadway production of "Sizwe Banzi Is Dead," which was critical of apartheid. He subsequently won a 1975 Tony Award for his performance.
Jan 22, 2020 · Kani and his co-writer and performer Winston Ntshona were jailed for 15 days in 1976 after performing their play Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, for which they’d just won a joint Tony award, in front of a...
Apr 3, 2019 · Ten years later Mr. Kani lost an eye (he wears a prosthetic one) after a beating by the police. He continued to write, and played South Africa’s first black Othello in a contentious 1987...
Damn, I just thought that he had a bit of a lazy eye. Didn't notice it in the Civil War but thought it more apparent in BP. No idea that he have a glass eye.
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Aug 30, 2022 · Does Dr John Kani wear a prosthesis on his left eye? The author and director lost his left eye in an unfortunate incident after appearing in an anti-apartheid play in 1975 in the US. After playing a leading role in the play titled Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, he returned to Mzansi.